What BIGGIE Was REALLY Like In The Studio | Deep Dive

Timcodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Biggie’s rap voice
1:30 - Biggie in the studio
2:00 - Diddy and Biggie in the studio
3:00 - rapping about what’s real
3:45 - Biggie’s last interview about Life After Death
4:20 - DJ Premiere talks about Biggie in the studio
5:00 - Biggie writing raps
5:30 - DJ Clark Kent about Biggie and Jay Z writing
6:00 - Biggie & Jay Z’s competition
6:30 - Funk Flex talks about watching Biggie work
7:45 - Too Short talks about watching Biggie freestyle
8:10 - Shaq talks about Biggie
9:00 - the making of Biggie's Hypnotize
9:30 - Biggie and Jay Z relationship
10:50 - Biggie says stay hungry like an intern
11:30 - Lil Kim describes Biggie’s difference for Life After Death
12:00 - The making of Life After Death with DJ Clark Kent
13:45 - Lil Kim talks about Biggie making Life After Death
15:55 - Jadakiss talks about Biggie in the studio
17:00 - Bone Thugz N Harmony on working with Biggie
15:00 - Biggie as an executive producer
15:20 - Biggie talks about collaborating
19:00 - Ma$e talks about Biggie’s advice
17:30 - Lil Kim talks about Biggie
18:00 - Outro
18:30 - Biggie words of inspiration
Lyrics That Came True & Predicted The Future Deep Dive:
• Rap Lyrics That Predic...
Notorious B.I.G. / Biggie In The Studio recording Ready To Die & Life After Death / Biggie Documentary
Biggie is unarguably one of the greatest MCs of all time. The flow. The rap voice. The tone. You can look throughout rap history, and you can probably count on one hand the artists who can match up to BIG in any of those categories. His legacy has surpassed that of most people to ever grace the face of this earth. His name and his music has meant something to multiple generations since he first dropped.
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[@hiphopdx]

What is the one BIG song that you would have loved to have been in the studio for?

[@branscombjrcharles]

another

[@davidcollins6585]

I hear someone coming The Plot

[@fuhyou3223]

My top answer would be Unbelievable because there are conflicting stories on the making of the song. I’d like to know the real on that one. Wish I could see how the One More Chance remix came together and see if they believed they had MAGIC when it was completely finished.

[@LUCAS-gf2wq]

Long kiss goodnight NO DOUBTS 🤝

[@user-jr3rd6oi1v]

Legit comment

[@brett2383]

I would’ve loved to be in the studio with him on March 7, 1997. Watching him lace “Victory”. 😎

[@eibhlinnichrualoai]

Thanks. I'm 45 and Biggie still my favourite of all time ❤

[@lastonewon]

I'm 44 and with you all the way on Biggie

[@TygaarBoi]

38. And we definitely still showing love to the king of NY out here

[@MetalSonic420]

I got Ready to Die on vinyl two weeks back. One of the greatest albums ever made.

[@jeremyhecht]

This was so much fun to make. To see biggie in his element of cresting really just showed how seriously he took his craft and it will forever live on as classic music. RIP Big

[@CeaserTAMG]

He released two projects under his name, but he wrote the JR Mafia album, most of Lil Kim’s, a lot of Puff Daddy’s No Way Out album too.

[@hiphopdx]

Facts

[@victorosong132]

"In '88 I sold more powder than Johnson & Johnson." "There's gonna be a lot of slow singing and flower bringing"

[@Jiggidy]

These studio deep dives are the best thing about @hiphopdx these days.

[@hiphopdx]

Thank you! More on the way

[@davidcollins6585]

❤❤❤Biggie was like they say the realest and forever will be remembered especially by me D.C,

[@MetalSonic420]

The greatest to ever touch a microphone.

[@darth_27]

This was pure heat although we’d never be able to relish the moment of being in Biggie’s presence in the studio this video really helped capture and visualize the feeling!

[@robdmusic915]

OH GASP!!!!! I'm sooooo glad I checked back on the playlist 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@VJDagoat]

Undisputed Goat MC 😮‍💨

[@MBOX15]

14:12 “Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade.” is super eerie in my opinion.

[@ayeooh4412]

Dope content bro. I would love to be in the studio for “long kiss goodnight!”

[@gillokonkwo791]

My GOAT

[@KevinDFuller94]

Great video! Biggie is my favorite artist regardless of genre. He was a truly brilliant storyteller & his vocabulary was masterful, His voice & his flow are still unmatched. I would have loved to be in the studio when he was making "My downfall" That song still gives me goosebumps, almost like he knew his time on Earth was coming to an end so in typical Biggie fashion he made an amazing track about it.

[@fuhyou3223]

It’s always interesting to hear these stories but the beautiful part of it all is that these songs are a mystery. Most rappers recalling their sessions with him say that he didn’t write amongst all the noise in the studio and just did his verse. A few rappers have said that they saw him writing. Clark Kent said Biggie got the no writing technique from Jay Z. Biggie himself said he didn’t know how to freestyle and he had to write everything down. There’s even video of him writing a song for Life After Death for the past “30 days” according to Puff Daddy. Premier’s account of Unbelievable is a bit funny because he says that was the very last track done for Ready To Die. He says Biggie wasted hours in the studio and when he was ready to go home, Biggie already had his verses prepared. There’s video of Biggie performing the song in Atlanta in 1994 at maybe the OutKast picnic. There’s no definitive date for the recording of the performance tho. Biggie and Puff performed it two different times on the radio also over Mad Lion’s Take It Easy beat.

[@mistergoodcitizen9914]

The 30 day one is bogus watch that session there’s no paper and pen in front of him.

[@paulag2502]

Frank white!! The greatest to ever💣🎤

[@butchar2006]

Great video, definitely going back to Cali!!!

[@zotacsolis2399]

I always said his bigs output was a little from his debut to second album . But then I found out that he was beefing with puff over masters so he wrote albums for his click so they can break him off some money because puff wouldn't . If it wasn't for the money he could have had an album out in 94 and 95 96 and 97 and more posthumous albums due to more left over songs .

[@cagnazzo82]

Despite having only 2 albums, every song on both albums could have been a single, could have been videos. I would add every one of his cameos as well, they could have all had videos. Even the lesser known cameos. That's what makes him great... just a life of hit after hit.

[@traplover6357]

Finding out he titled his second album as Life After Death before his death was the most eye-opening moment as a fan.

[@Will-bn9km]

If he was alive today he’d definitely be in business too like Jay, he has that vibe

[@bigmancabz1]

Would be a billionaire

[@minatodroger7890]

He was starting it already before he died

[@dtdevilishtwin4998]

The best 👑

[@mistergoodcitizen9914]

The most complete package hip hop has ever had.

[@blankspace8758]

That first album is a lyrical masterpiece. "Me and my bitch", every day struggle, and respect... te story telling is next level. You felt Me and my bitch was a real story.

[@BroKhalidMuhammad]

Good video. I would love to be in the studio when we recorded Long Kiss Goodnight

[@EVandMe]

That beat playing @2:07 is on Diddy's love album that just released and is still hot

[@Thutmosis7]

He’s in a class to Himself. The greatest for me of all times

[@rayangordon3804]

B.I.G Forever

[@jwilliams6976]

We ll always love BIG POPPA, Bk 4Ever

[@AceArty23]

The 🐐

[@Lesleymakgahlela]

Biggie in my Top 3

[@jessecrawford3897]

Biggie can just carry a conversation over a beat and it would be an instant classic! That’s only a small reason why he is my 🐐 I’ve stood on that since Party n Bullshit 👑

[@user-ed8bl7hn4w]

Juicy

[@mariostephenson2528]

I would definitely want to be in the studio when Juciy & Everyday struggle.

[@kevinmaghanga9649]

To think he's one of my top 5 MCs and I wasn't even born when he was spawning hits

[@Passport_Brother]

Biggie is the GOAT. Best rapper of all time, with Jay, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, and KRS1

[@Will-bn9km]

6:00 People will still say Big spat off the dome before Jay too 💀

[@lovehate8286]

Anything to discredit jay.

[@bleek1523]

Not off the dome but writing the song in his head then laying down the vocals. As far as who was doing that first I don't know an I don't go off other ppls word

[@laurencewilliams6676]

He was the first. Jay copied everything big did

[@bleek1523]

@laurencewilliams6676 that's funny cuz jay always said he started because it became harder an harder [ pause ] to get to a pen an pad an jot stuff down as he was running the streets. But I'm sure your opinion trumps the actual persons.

[@patrickwoods1521]

Biggie was great. I wish I could’ve been in the studio when Bone Thugs were there, they’re my favorite rap group. Don’t really have a favorite Biggie song. Kick In The Door is still in my personal opinion the epitome of super lyricism.

[@tarnuemassaquoi]

I met big, lil cease & Craig Mack back in Detroit, when they were with Arista Records. Dude was very cool! He freestyle that day and shyt was craaaaaazy! Craig Mack did too!🙏🏾

[@ardopat]

Wouldve jump clicked my heels to witness bigs Niggas Bleed bruh the story in that also in kick in the door ! Chefs touch w them records truly a poet story teller ! 💯💯💯 RIP

[@Hit.man2211]

3:08 if you only rap about things you know it limits you; champ

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

BIG is the best. Rakim is the best. Jay-Z is the best. Nas is the best. Eminenm is the best. Redman is the best. Big Daddy Kane is the best. Scarface is the best.

[@locominyana8916]

All of them on the same level together, & then you got 1 goat, all by himself. Don't even have to mention him.

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@locominyana8916 wtf are you talking with the dumb comment

[@rightsoon4836]

It’s hypocritically bad of you that you removed the name of that nigga who put biggie on map

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@rightsoon4836 You mean Puff. I don't consider Puff a rapper just an entertainer

[@rightsoon4836]

@@3rdGenerationCancer pac

[@DarrellJ2]

Not sure if you’ve done a deep dive on DMX but I think that would be something special 💎

[@christianthomas9855]

I’m a fan of the notorious Big so I love all his songs but if I had to pick I would say Beef and a strong second is warning and I would of love to be in the studio for both of those songs

[@DarrellJ2]

🙏🏻

[@bornkazi5001]

I like his flow

[@DF-vr3km]

Damn he was so young. Wasn’t even able to hit the Getting better at his craft phase. 😢

[@cagnazzo82]

Yeah, him and Pac would've been flourishing during the era of DMX, Big Pun, Eminem, 50, Lil' Wayne, Jay-Z... We missed out on the best timeline by just a couple years.

[@DF-vr3km]

@@cagnazzo82 right. Crazy what hate does.

[@djRoyalTee]

Thumbnail lookin like Ms. Jenkins foot... after the beetus kicked in.

[@christophergakuo9108]

The Notorious BIG his the greatest rapper in the world, my favorite song is Sky's the limit

[@rubixqoob8601]

Damn Kim was beautiful

[@emergeNvr]

HE IN MY TOP 4

[@hiphopdx]

Who else?

[@emergeNvr]

@@hiphopdx #1 PAC #2 scarface #3 ice cube and Nas both then #4 Biggie

[@NORFUM]

I CAN RHYME LIKE BIGGIE. Doomsday Pt. 3 [Intro] You should know that I’m doomed to success. Follow my suit and say “Happy Doomsday!” “Happy Doomsday!” “Happy Doomsday!” [Verse 1] Mr Eminem inspires me to write songs about getting fired. G Gotta eat the petrol fire. See ghosts and glitch in the dirty mire. Free Food doesn’t exist. So I have to piss on the superarrogant society. Yo. Hello, Mr Underdog! Enjoy the thunder, fog, ran-rant, and rock. It’s crunch time to banter-banter, dog. Wake up and respond to the slander. Mock Foes. Send drones to make ‘em chunder. Hot… 97 dudes keep gossiping about my rap and flossing. Sin Like snowy-glossy-glossy Sid. K-11 for some bosses. Skin Crazy dragons and make ‘em frosty. Akin to glory and a supercorny film. Hell no! I’m not an amateur! I’m gung-ho and mad at ya. This snow is for the scavenger. The rap flow k…lls the challenger. Call me Des-desperado! If you detest the whacko, outrap ‘im. Testing tacos Helps me get fat and rap like Cardi Breast in Prado. Cardi Breast in Prado… Cardi Breast in Prado… Cardi Breast in Prado… [Chorus] Boom! Doom! Death and thunder Tear me asunder. No more stress and hunger. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Chu-chu-chu-chunder… [Verse 2] Bada-bing! Bada-bing! Bada-bing! Brains scatter. Ring every bell. Nasty motherf…ckers sing songs about a whacker film. Hard skills will never matter. Win or break your iron neck like Benzino. I like to use my magic pen. Bingo. You will not outrap me again, Dino. Let’s compete like Trump and Biden. Famous punks, Lil Pump and Lydon Work for me in the toxic dump to frighten local maniacal bums. The lighters Burn heels. Shoot reels to outshine the greatest Mr. Van Damme and fighters. I enjoy playing Whack-A-Mole who spies on the hip-hop whacko. Role Model will beat Drago Hoes. Check out the boxing bravado, Knowles. Doctors check Desperado’s foes. Sharpen the green arrow. Smoke The dopest tobacco. Grow to show off and whack the whacko mole. [Chorus] Boom! Doom! Death and thunder Tear me asunder. No more stress and hunger. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Chu-chu-chu-chunder… [Verse 3] Misandry slams Misogynistic, Unemployed Hordes, and Scorching Misfits. Damn! I hate watching this mix. Hip-hop is my loyal torch in this pits. Still Dre, Storch, and sick discs rock the ghetto hoods. Follow The Roots That usually grow deep underground. My rhymes reek of chunder. Found Companies that prefer to banter. Doubt the useless headhunter. Shout At those gangsters who plunder crowds. Enjoy the electric thunder. Tout My cool songs and dope rhymes. You may call me Bastard Snow. Vibes Rock every ugly crow. Lines entertain those who like to blow bikes. I grow like John Snow. Hype is all I need to steal your show Right At Your Door. So you can’t ignore the viral flow. Rhyme every word By using MS Word. I run the doom show and you go wild. West lost Adidas sneakers. Give me some dough-dough fines. I’m fond of eating rotten tomatoes before watching The Forgotten Desperados. I copy Vicious and Rotten’s bravado. Queen is still kicking asses. Her ashes Turn into ghosts in Boggy Prado. She’s gonna sell me a mansion in Colorado. Bang b…tches and drink Cola. Sorrow fades when glee makes me vomit, whacko. [Chorus] Boom! Doom! Death and thunder Tear me asunder. No more stress and hunger. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Chu-chu-chu-chunder… [Outro] Happy Doomsday! Happy Doomsday! Happy Doomsday! Nicolette Shea is dancing in my room. Paid For nookie until June. Fame and hot boom rays Satisfy me. It’s time to outsell b…tches. I cook enemies’ ears in Hell’s kitchens. They smell. Stitches bleed. I go deep Into cardiovascular vibes. You may party, hoe. Blast you, Star. I wanna steal Cardi’s show fast and spar With my demons who drink Bacardi Flow, glasses. Far From quitting rapping. So stop bullsh…tting. Apple On the table. Enjoy my fable. Keep spitting. Rap and Metal revive my spirit. If sh…tty sh…t happens, I resurrect my hope by outspitting wrappers. © Norfum 2024.

[@airpegasus5167]

T H E 👑 🗽 🐐 G R E A T E S T‼️

[@okenneth187um]

"Climb the ladder to success escalator style. "

[@Relentless0521]

Big was Mamba of the protools and vinyl. Easy would of been a billionaire and rap God. Look what he did with two albums and a few collars vs dudes entire career smh🙏🙌🏾💪🏾🤙🏾🔥🤲🏿

[@bobfield6493]

Had to be things don changed

[@braxinIV]

Imagine the session for Gimme the Loot.

[@jeanpayano1506]

We need a breakdown of the track he did with Michael Jackson

[@takudzwamazwienduna]

Hov is such a GOAT, he made the OG GOAT feel the heat.

[@darickbonebrake6774]

He wrote his 2 albums(3albums of music), little kim, junior mafia and lil cease all in 3 years basically.

[@johnhaldane8895]

Do upchurch

[@kingsleyjackson8287]

Kick in da door

[@GAMBINOFAMILYTHUGZLP]

4 years between albums

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

8:06 Does everything have to be a "vibe"?

[@augustogabrielrodrigues598]

He was not fat, he was full of lirics. I salute ya all from Angola.

[@jraida172]

Studio seasion to be in? Notorious Thugs

[@michaellong1794]

I have to ask... Is this: geek dad life : guy or... Cause it's 1x1 here. Crazy

[@BIG-WhoShotYa]

RIP BIGGE SMALLS!!! Fk puffy!

[@staceylovebeauty724]

IMAGINE WHAT RAP WOULD BE LIKE IF BIGGIE AND 2 PAC WAS STILL AROUND!!! WE CAN ONLY WISH AND THINK. THEY BOTH WAS ONE OF KIND. KINGS. NEVER BE ANOTHER. 😢❤

[@NOSNero]

I imagine that every day. Maybe in some universe somewhere its true.

[@TheArchersTungsten]

Someone great in studio works on their shit a long time and has it in their head so they can sound natural . You write for ten years and then you get your shot you got rhymes for days . Now people think their first verse is ready for the public .

[@skKing-bc5mb]

Im here first

[@layskrauterbutter]

7:10 who is that

[@shyhiemmadaris7303]

I wish big was here

[@hiphopdx]

Same

[@mistergoodcitizen9914]

Crazy fact biggie was a big fan of country music believe it or not.

[@jg5004]

RA the Rugged Man said he saw Biggie write.

[@hiphopdx]

could have been before?

[@JOZONER]

BIG L R.I.P

[@stephenbarnes2189]

Notorious thugs..

[@coreychambers5004]

He wrote for the whole bad boy so wouldn’t definitely had more albums if he didn’t

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

Correction* Shaq went Platinum before winning ships!

[@hiphopdx]

Even wilder! Lol

[@NOSNero]

Wait wait wait wait. So we are supposed to believe that Jay Z dont write but at 11:03 out of his own mouth he says "I went home and *wrote* four songs that night". I been knew wassup but now I have the evidence. When people see Jay freestyle songs, I bet 9 times outta ten, it's a song he had already written when no one was looking. I know that bc that's what I do. I have a good 120 mins of music memorized and can spit it back in forth at will, and it's always changing with new songs.

[@kellyhurley741]

@ 10:20 that dude Derrick, when he's talking about how he got on the flip phone & said "you Biggie just murdered my shit" (pause) No one, & I mean no one can tell me he doesn't sound like the Mad Rapper from "Kick In The Door". Maybe I'm late, & this is common knowledge but to me it's not so that just made me laugh

[@brandonhedrington5589]

Biggie and dr dre are the same , it take them days to make one hit

[@user-yw5vf1uu4i]

Premo said Biggie didn't write when he did Unbelievable which was recorded in 1994 Cease said Biggie stopped writing when he was recording the last records on Ready to Die which came out in 1994 Klark Kent says Biggie learnt how not to write from Jay Z. Biggie met Jay z as an artist around 1995/6. Conclusion: Someone not telling the truth. Probably Klark Kent who always says Jay Z is better than Biggie😅

[@DanielIvan707]

Why is Michael Jackson in the thumbnail?

[@MA-pe9cl]

This Time Around and Unbreakable

[@Tsu9mishon]

I think y’all got the part wrong Jay z stopped writing after he learned BIG ain’t Write

[@KingKCA]

All-time great but man the legends of the 90s is so inflated

[@josephelliott8917]

Who shot you

[@KingsviewENTMT]

One more chance, not the faith version.

[@Mr27Klub]

I would want to be in the studio for “me and my bitch” so I could be the one who said pause and change history as we know it.

[@fernandoquade6963]

Im here 4th

[@donaldthomas9389]

What a loss.

[@MrTee12]

2:48 - That's Not true...he didn't grow up Poor at all. He went to private school, Mom was a teacher, he never missed a meal or lived in a Shack. Mom sued NY transit when he fell and broke his leg as a kid and they lived a nice Brownstone.

[@rickyrichreacts9667]

Still got Pac over him. Big is still at the top tho

[@In4mous1]

30 days to write niggas bleed just imagine if pac took 30 days per song to record and write songs he had on all eyez on me

[@rightsoon4836]

🔥

[@grinchoi1]

cmon yo stop frontin. Yeah some of the shit Biggie wrote was about his experiences but maaaad shit he spit was all fabrication. He wasnt a killa, he didn't struggle for food n he got the video games n systems he claimed on Juicy. All that Big Poppa n mafioso shit was fabricated. N I'm not saying he was the only one cause every rapper did it but Big was no exception. A lot of his subject matter he got from Pac BIG wasnt known to be the realest rapper. He was an ill lyricist n MC

[@jeanpayano1506]

Here we go with the B.S narrative yall got from Pac 😂😂

[@davidcollins6585]

@@jeanpayano1506 you better do your homework Biggie didn’t copy off no one ☝🏿 and even 2Pac had to respect 🫡 it you lunching homie go do your homework 📚

[@rightsoon4836]

@@jeanpayano1506like the bs you just spill🖕

[@rightsoon4836]

Big Heard what pac said in the vibe magazine interview if 80% wasn’t true big could have come at him even if not directly, subliminally but he was quiet cos he knew so you 🖕off the truth but we 🖕you in

[@ervinbrown7181]

Listen to Jay Z and he stole big lyrics 😅

[@saeedalhosani]

30 days to write one song 😂😂😂 BIG that why he have 2 albums only , but 2Pac write and make 4 songs in one Day